Oman's Sultan in Iran for talks on diplomatic, security issues

Oman’s Sultan Haitham bin Tariq al-Said arrived successful Tehran connected Sunday for a two-day sojourn expected to absorption connected determination diplomatic and information issues, Iranian authorities media reported, 2 days aft Muscat mediated a captive swap betwixt Iran and Belgium.

Oman has agelong been an interlocutor for the West with Iran and has mediated the merchandise of respective overseas citizens and dual nationals.

On Friday, Oman helped unafraid the merchandise of a Belgian assistance worker, who was arrested successful 2022 and sentenced to 40 years successful situation and 74 lashes connected charges including spying, successful speech for an Iranian diplomat sentenced to 20 years successful situation successful transportation with a failed weaponry crippled successful France.

But dozens of foreigners and dual nationals stay successful jailhouse successful Iran, astir facing espionage and security-related accusations. Rights groups person criticised the arrests arsenic a maneuver by Tehran to triumph concessions from the West by inventing charges, which Tehran denies.

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Haitham is expected to conscionable Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi to sermon issues specified arsenic Tehran's strained ties with Egypt and Iran's disputed atomic programme, Iranian authorities media reported.

The sojourn comes arsenic Iran besides faces renewed disapproval of its quality rights grounds and allegations that Russia is utilizing Iranian drones successful its warfare successful Ukraine. Tehran denies supplying the drones for usage successful war.

Efforts by six satellite powers to revive Tehran's 2015 atomic woody person stalled since past September, amid increasing Western fears astir the clerical establishment's rapidly advancing atomic programme.

The deal, which Washington ditched successful 2018 nether past President Donald Trump, had imposed curbs connected Iran's atomic activities that extended the clip Tehran would request to nutrient capable fissile worldly for a atomic bomb, if it chose to bash so. Iran denies ever seeking atomic weapons.